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		<title><![CDATA[Obama's open-government director opens up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/obamas-open-government-director-opens/23097/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday morning, the Obama administration formally unveiled its Open Government directive, an effort aimed at weaving the philosophies of openness, transparency and participation into the DNA of the federal government and its agencies.That directive comes as a direct result of President Barack Obama's first executive action, on January 21,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:24:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PTO to Fast Track Green Tech Patents]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/pto-track-green-tech-patents/23075/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Under new pilot program, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hopes to slice at least a year off the patent process for green technology patent applications. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says the initiative will allow inventors to secure funding, create businesses and bring green technologies into use much sooner.The USPTO...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:59:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple investigating 'Grab & Go' simplified cross-platform sync]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/apple-investigating-grab-simplified-cross/19259/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Neil HughesPublished: 11:40 AM EST Apple could make the transferring of files between devices like Macs, iPhones and the Apple TV simpler with a new cross-platform, cloud-integrated sync service.In a system described in a new patent application revealed this week, Apple has worked on a software syncing system that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:23:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EFF Challenges VOIP Systems Patent]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/eff-challenges-voi-psystems-patent/15817/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of its Patent Busting Project, the Electronic Frontier Foundation claims it has discovered prior patent, as well as published reference material, that should invalidate a patent granted to Acceris for implementing Voice over IP using analog telephones as endpoints.The EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking the USPTO (U.S....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[R.I.P., Patent Rules Changes, Hello Patent Reform Bill Push]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003670/rip-patent-rules-changes-hello-patent-reform-bill-push/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The patent rules changes, proposed under the previous director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, have been officially put down by the same agency under its new head. But that's far from the end of attempts to change the way the patent process currently works. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:24:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eolas Sues Internet [Digital Daily]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years after squeezing a settlement out of Microsoft for alleged infringements of its controversial patent on embedded Web applications, Eolas Technologies hopes to do the same to a bunch of other big tech outfits. This morning, the research and development company filed suit against nearly two dozen companies, accusing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:25:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft continues battle to save Word]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The case involves i4i's XML-based technology Microsoft has appealed a final judgment against it in a patent infringement case brought by i4i LP. The case concerns i4i's XML-based technology, which received Patent No. 5,787,449 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1998. Related stories: Imagine a world without WordMicrosoft...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:45:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple Developing Location-Based Home Screen for the iPhone?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revealed a patent filed by Apple for "Transitional Data Sets" - a technology that would update an iPhone's home screen based on your current physical location. Of course, as with all patents filed by major technology companies, a patent won't necessarily translate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:59:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Case Not Aimed At Open-Source Community, Say i4i Execs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft filed an emergency motion to block a court ruling that would have seen copies of Microsoft Word pulled from store shelves. The chairman and founder of i4i, the small Canadian company that filed the suit against Microsoft for infringing on their XML-related patent, say that while they are very...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:29:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Court ruling puts brakes on sales of Microsoft Word]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA['Custom XML' at the heart of patent dispute; Microsoft must pay $290 million in damages Microsoft's loss in a patent dispute with Toronto-based i4i LP means that it will have to stop selling Microsoft Word in U.S. markets. The issue concerned the use of "custom XML" in Word in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:15:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Patent Lawsuit Could Spell Trouble for Open-Source Format]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/microsoft-patent-lawsuit-spell-trouble/7510/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Word was ruled in violation of an XML-related patent by a Texas judge, who ordered Microsoft to stop selling its productivity suite and pay a small Canadian company, i4i, nearly $300 million. However, the lawsuit could also present trouble down the road for XML-based OpenDocument Format, an open-source alternative...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:03:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Microsoft violator or victim in i4i patent dispute?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/microsoft-violator-victim-i4i-patent/7407/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Perhaps they don't use Microsoft Office at the courthouse in Tyler, Texas? Could there be no computers at all and just Selectra typewriters? I have to wonder following yesterday's injunction barring Microsoft from shipping Word. I'm being snide because Tyler is the reputed "patent troll" capital...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:51:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kappos Officially Head of USPTO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former IBM IP legal chief David Kappos has been confirmed by the Senate just before it left for the summer recess, and so becomes the new Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, otherwise known as the head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He certainly understands patents and served...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:36:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kappos One Step Closer to Heading USPTO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002967/kappos-one-step-closer-to-heading-uspto/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Former IBM top IP lawyer David Kappos is officially one step closer to becoming the head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. According to the U.S. Senate's executive calendar for tomorrow (and thanks to Foley & Lardner partner Hal Wegner for passing this on), the Kappos nomination has become...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:34:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM Tops All Others in 2008 Patent Race]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/ibm-tops-2008-patent-race/6705/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[(<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - International Business Machines Corp said on Wednesday it became the first company ever to win more than 4,000 U.S. patents in a single year, citing a new report from research firm IFI Patent Intelligence. IBM said it earned 4,186 U.S. patents in 2008, more than triple the number...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:09:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Manage an IP Portfolio]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2403-13241_23-328643.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Intellectual property ranges from patents and copyrights to branding, know-how, and trade secrets. Assembling a portfolio to value, track, and protect your IP can improve your valuation, among other benefits.           Take Inventory    Goal: Make IP work for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Back to Court for Tafas v. Doll Suit and USPTO Rule Changes [UPDATE]]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002512/back-to-court-for-tafas-v-doll-suit-and-uspto-rule-changes/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in March I wrote about the closely-watched Tafas v. Doll lawsuit challenging new patent rules put into place by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. At the time, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit CAFC came down with a mixed ruling that could...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:07:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Extensis Awarded Patent for Previewing Fonts Simultaneously]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_20090602/ai_n31940299]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[       Invention allows for previewing text in several different fonts        simultaneously.            PORTLAND, Ore. -- Extensis, a division of Celartem Inc., today announced that it has been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AdmitOne Security Awarded Key Patent on Its Zero-footprint Identity Assurance Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_20090428/ai_n31605752]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[       Initial Patent the First in a Portfolio of Pending Patents for Cloud        Identity Services            SEATTLE -- AdmitOne Security, the leading innovator of identity assurance as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tafas v. Doll: Drug Companies Face New Limits on Patents]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10001424/tafas-v-doll-drug-companies-face-new-limits-on-patents/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Drug companies will be dismayed by a federal appeals court ruling that came down on Friday which gives the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office new powers to limit the way patents are filed.    The drug business depends heavily on its ability to patent chemicals and processes for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:59:01 -0700</pubDate>
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